Borre Peterson
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| Name at Enlist | Borre Peterson |
| Birth Name | Børre Christiansen Mariendahl |
| Other Names | Bore |
| Lived | 7 May 1845 – 20 May 1864 |
| Birth Country | Norway |
| Resident of Muster-In | Hamburg, Bad Ax (Vernon) County, WI |
| Company at Enlistment | E |
| Rank at Enlistment | Private |
| Muster Date | 26 Aug 1862 |
| Cause of Death | Chronic diarrhea |
| Death Location | General Hospital at Louisville, Jefferson County, KY |
| Burial Location | Cave Hill National Cemetery, Louisville; section B, grave 1912 |
| Mother | Eli Svensdatter |
| Father | Christian Pedersen |
| Immigration | 1859 |
Borre Peterson was born on May 7, 1845. He joined the WI 15th Infantry, Company E as a Private (Menig). The men of the company called themselves “Odin’s Rifles”. The army listed him as living in Hamburg, WI. He died in the general hospital at Louisville, KY on May 20, 1864. He was buried at Cave Hill National Cemetery in Louisville; Section B, grave 1912.
Sources: Sources: Series 1200: Records of Civil War Regiments, 1861-1900, Wisconsin Adjutant General’s Office, boxes 76-15, 77-1; Regimental muster and descriptive rolls, 1861-1865, Wisconsin; Adjutant General’s Office, vol. 20, p.78; TAR; Det Femtende Regiment, Wisconsin Frivillige [The Fifteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers], Ole A. Buslett (Decorah, IA, 1894), p.491; Oberst Heg og hans gutter, Waldemar Ager, 1916, Fremad Pub. Co., Eau Claire, WI, p.305; Ringsaker parish register #8, born and baptised males, p. 41, #9, in- and out-migrated, p. 465, digitalarkivet.no.